"Figure 2b" of "Net charge fluctuations in Au + Au interactions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 130-GeV."

Data from Au $+$ Au interactions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130\ GeV$, obtained with the PHENIX detector at RHIC, are used to investigate local net charge fluctuations among particles produced near mid-rapidity. According to recent suggestions, such fluctuations may carry information from the Quark Gluon Plasma. This analysis shows that the fluctuations are dominated by a stochastic distribution of particles, but are also sensitive to other effects, like global charge conservation and resonance decays.